Posted on 05/15/2024 4:24:49 PM PDT by Morgana
A Utah school has sparked fury after removing the name of a student who died of cancer just months before graduation - despite completing all requirements.
Samantha Corey, who was battling a rare and terminal form of the disease, passed away before she could finish her senior year at American Fork High School.
As Samantha's siblings prepared to stand in her place, they were told by the district they wouldn't be permitted. Her name was also omitted from the ceremony.
It wasn't like we were wanting special treatment for her,' Kimberly Corey, Samantha's mother, said to FOX13. 'I just think we didn't want her to be deleted out of it, so it felt like, this is how it was supposed to be, and then they deleted her name and took it.' Samantha's family was distraught hearing the news, specially because Samantha had completed all of her graduation requirements before her death.
'We just would have liked to have her name be read, and her siblings wanted to walk across the stage for her. Her brother wanted to wear her hat,' Kimberly Corey said to KUTV. 'We weren't expecting a big to-do; we just don't want her to be deleted, you know.'
Samantha's journey with cancer began during her sophomore year, but she was determined to continue her education at American Fork High School during chemotherapy treatments.
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The school shows no respect for the girl or her grieving parents, but sends a terrible message to her classmates who are also grieving. Whoever made the decision should be fired.
It says kids were dying from cancer despite your ignorance of that fact.
Dude, slow down and read the rest of my comment:
“It’s showing *death rate*, not those who’ve gotten cancer.
It stops in 2021, well before the possible effects of a vaccine might be seen.”
I’m not saying that kids weren’t dying from cancer. Why would you imply that I did? That’s just mean.
Mormons are weird
"Who ever heard of 17 or 18 year olds dying of cancer prior to 2022"
That reads as if the author never heard of a 17 or 18 year old dying of cancer.
Why would you attribute someone else’s sentence to me? I didn’t write that.
Looks like you messed up, assuming I said something that I didn’t, and then getting all pissy with me. Based on *your* misunderstanding.
Sheesh. Slow down and think before slandering someone, would you?
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